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Old 16th Aug 2007, 05:18 AM
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Default ide pin config???
hi, iv got a ide 120gb hdd and iv turned my new comp it to a media cantre the only problem is that it takes 5mins to load the boot screen and when it does it says insert a propper boot device this is the only ide so i want it as master so what should the pin config be im pretty cluless
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If there is only one drive it matters not what channel it is on.
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Old 18th Aug 2007, 12:31 PM
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Default ide pin config???
If you have an optical drive on the same cable you need to set the HDD to master and the optical to slave , if you only have the HDD on the cable as Dave says.
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